[Tomikaze]

Trying to gauge interest in a group buy for some pretty cool looking wheels. I am interested in the BBS LM with a gold face and polished lip but I don't have $4,000 for a set of wheels. A company I have bought several sets of Miata wheels from is now carrying a line of BMW fitment "replica" wheels. They have a knock off LM wheel called the LeMans and the BMW crowd seems to think they are a pretty good value. For around $1,150 we can get a set of 18" Porsche fitment in the correct size, width and offset. Correct being the same size as Htwo 18" Speedline wheels offered on Porsches of that era including the 968 Turbo S. No spacers needed. Attached photos of the real wheel, the knock off and a set of real ones on an RS Barn 968. Need 5 orders to place a custom build order. Anyone interested?

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[bombfactory]

These are great looking wheels. Do you know the widths and weights? And the knockoffs are 1 pc. right, not 3 pc.?

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[blau]

If there's a lack of interest here, you may want to ask on some of the 944 forums...I'm sure you could find more than a handful of people there

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[RS Barn]

Wheel widths, backspacing info plus weights are needed to determine potential for 968's

Thanks for posting

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[flash]

the LM is not a light wheel to begin with, though they do vary depending on offset



i found a listing of an 18x10 weighing in at a not quite hefty 25.8#, but i can't think that a replica would be much better - i found a listing of an 8.5" rim (though not our pattern or offset) and it is 26#



would not be my choice

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[tamathumper]

Do all 5 sets have to be gold center / polished lip?

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[Tomikaze]

I believe they all have to be identical. Same colors and size. There could be enough interest in these that they would do more than one color. All you need is 5 to get the color you want. They are one piece wheels. I know this is not going to be the most ideal wheel for everyone. Maybe Flash would like them better if they were chrome I plan on keeping my stock 17" wheels for track days or when I actually care what the weight of the wheel is. I want these wheels just because they look bad ass and they are 1/4 the price of the real deal. Front wheels are 18 x 8 with a 52mm offset and the rears are 18 x 10 with a 65mm offset. If this isn't ideal for the 968 or you think we could go with a more agressive offset we can have them built however we want. Waiting for a response about the wheel weight. They might not be light weight but neither are OEM Porsche 18" wheels with a few exceptions.

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[Mark]

I would want the rear offset much lower, along the lines of 54 or so

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[flash]

it's not a matter of taste to me - i actually rather like the design - i wouldn't want to clean them, but i think they look nice



my issue with them is the weight - a larger wheel means a larger tire - that means more weight, and all the more important that the wheel weigh less - starting off at 26lbs means you end up with over 55lbs at each corner when you factor in a larger tire - that's a lot of weight

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[RS Barn]

One of my customear bought some heavy 18" wheels. Car's handling was really funky after that.

We sold them the next year at Hershey.

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[94SilverCab]

That sounds like a ringing endorsement...not to buy them...



YMMV,



Jay

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[Tomikaze]

Still waiting to hear back on the weight of these but just to put things into perspective here are the weights of some OEM 18x10 rear wheels...



993 RS 18x10 Speedlines 29.76lbs

993 18x10 BBS Sport Classic II 29.10lbs

993 18x10 Turbo I (Hollow Spoke) 23.36lbs

993 18x10 Turbo Look I 29.32lbs

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[flash]

i've driven a 968 with the sport classic II on it - absolutely horrible feeling and slower to respond - the braking suffered as well



the good news is that since it wasn't as fast, you got to look at the wheels longer

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[blau]

996 MY02 Carrera 5-spokes (as seen on Bombfactory's car):





Front

20lbs, 18X8 ET50, 996.362.136.03



Rear

22lbs, 18x10 ET65, 996.362.140.03

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[Tomikaze]

Took a while but finally got the weight on these wheels. The fronts will weigh in at 23lbs and the rears at 25lbs. Not all that bad.

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[flash]

not horrible - heavy, but not nearly as bad as some others



i'd like to know how they managed to do that though - it would be great, but that would be a first



is that in the correct offset? that can have a huge effect on weight



what size?

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[AJG]

Flash your existing wheels look great, I find these ones a bit fussy for the look of the car. Too many spokes really.

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[flash]

lol - yeah - i have something similar on the denali - they look nice enough, but a pain in the butt to clean - i personally prefer the simple 5 spoke designs

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